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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped neck is flat-cast with four upright blades rising from a band of leiwen pattern, and the middle section and spreading foot with taotie masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, those on the foot below a band of kui dragons, all on a leiwen ground and filled with leiwen. A single graph is cast on the interior of the foot. The bronze has a mottled green patina.
10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The trumpet-shaped neck is flat-cast with four upright blades rising from a band of leiwen pattern, and the middle section and spreading foot with taotie masks divided and separated by narrow notched flanges, those on the foot below a band of kui dragons, all on a leiwen ground and filled with leiwen. A single graph is cast on the interior of the foot. The bronze has a mottled green patina.
10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 9 June 1992, lot 2.